We are fortunate to be expanding our intervention support this year at Bethke: My name is Deborah Meng and I am thrilled to be joining the Bethke community as an ELL specialists and math interventionist next year! People often ask me where I am from, which is a tough question since I'm almost always on the move: from Guam (where I was born), to East Texas, onto high school in South Africa, and college in Arkansas. After receiving my degree in Early Childhood Education and Teaching English as a Second Language I was able to move again and pursue my dream of working with English language learners abroad. I have spent the past 10 years working with multilingual students in Guatemala, Nigeria, Arizona, and Missouri and have learned so much from each school and community. I am incredibly passionate about the power of language and biliteracy!

My husband, our small army of plants (really- you should see my collection of cacti alone!), and I just moved from St. Louis, Missouri at the end of May and are loving Fort Collins already! We have family in both Denver and Colorado Springs and are very happy to be so close to them. My husband loves hiking in the mountains and I love camping, gardening, and road tripping. We are excited to be in a place where we can do all these things!